how was the childhood of dewi sartika

Dewi Sartika was born on December 4th, 1884 in Cicalengka, Bandung. Her father named Raden Somanagara was a freedom fighter at that time. While her mother was Nyi Raden Rajapermas.

Her parents were fighting hard to send him to the School of the Netherlands. Although it is so contrary to traditional culture prevailing at the time.

 As a child, after school she often pretended to be a teacher while playing with her friends. After her father died, she lived with her uncle. She received an education of Sundanese culture while under his care, while her knowledge of Western culture was passed on to her from the wife of a resident assistant. In 1899, she moved to Bandung.